Canadian Register of Marine Species - Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

CaRMS taxon details

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

AphiaID

411649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

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Genus Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906
Genus Bittium J. E. Gray, 1847

Environment

marine

Original description

Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2024-04-23

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-13 07:23:33Z

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2010-10-31 21:03:08Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 13:33:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-03-23 04:51:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Notes (1)

original description Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1993). Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea). <em>Malacologia.</em> 35 (2): 261-313., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13149462 [details]

From editor or global species database

Classification Bandel (2006) recognized a family Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 [which should then be named Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894 on the grounds of priority] with five subfamilies Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906 (usually placed in Cerithiidae following Houbrick, 1993), Finellinae Thiele, 1931, Alabininae Dall, 1927, Dialinae Kay, 1979 and Diastomatinae Cossmann, 1894.
This contradicts Ponder (1994) who grouped Finella with Scaliola A. Adams, 1860 in a separate family Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912 [Scaliolidae is nevertheless kept distinct by Bandel (2006: 76) on the basis of having a shell agglutinating sand-grains]. It also contradicts Houbrick (1993) who holds the Bittiinae as a subfamily of the Cerithiidae.
It seems premature to reflect this scheme, which upsets current usage, in the WoRMS classification until shell characters are cross-checked wit at least another independent (e.g. molecular) set of characters. [details]